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2016 Woodbury Days Medallion Hunt

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Woodbury Days celebrates for the whole month of August, starting with savings at Woodbury area stores and culminating with the city festival Aug. 26-28 in Ojibway Park.

Nestled in between all the fun is the Woodbury Days medallion hunt, which started Wednesday (Aug. 17) and ends when the medallion is found. The hunt is sponsored by Anchor Bank of Woodbury.

Rules to the hunt

Clues leading to the hidden 2016 Woodbury Days medallion will be revealed daily through Woodbury Days, or until the treasure is found. If the medallion isn't found by Friday, Aug. 19, more clues will resume on Monday, Aug. 22.

Visit Anchor Bank, 1920 Donegal Drive in Woodbury, to read the clue by 9 a.m. each day.

Call the Woodbury Bulletin's hotline for the medallion hunt at (651) 319-4488, where hunters may listen to a voice recording of the most current clue after 11 a.m. daily, and clues will also be posted on woodburybulletin.com at 11 a.m. each day.

How to win

The prize is $500, courtesy of Anchor Bank of Woodbury. The winner is guaranteed the first half of the prize. The second half of the prize is secured when the medallion is returned by a Woodbury Days button holder and the winner calls (651) 702-0973 to alert the Woodbury Bulletin, which typically writes a story about the medallion finder.

The Woodbury Bulletin and Anchor Bank will together present the prize. Any winner who doesn't have the Button of Savings will receive only $250 of the prize, courtesy of Anchor Bank.

Return the medallion to the bank, during weekday business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays) to claim the prize.

Hunt Information
Dates
Scheduled Dates
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Find Date
Friday, August 19, 2016
Finders
Name
Ed Brodie
Hometown
Maplewood
Name
Matt Koskie
Hometown
Hastings
Prize
Maximum Prize
$500
Awarded Prize
$500
Location
General Location
Ridge Park
Pinpointed Location
In a rough line with Dakota St in the weeds
Concealer
Nothing

44.897819, -92.934554

Clues
Clue 1
Published Date
Tuesday, August 16, 2016, 7:00 PM

Another year, another treasure
Some pirates still call it booty
Thanks for coming out to hunt
Let's keep this year's nice 'n' pure

The official meaning of the clue.

Be sure to follow the rules of the hunt.

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Clue 2
Published Date
Wednesday, August 17, 2016, 7:00 PM

Parks are stage for search of dreams
Back of Declaration? No
Use GIS, Dread Pirate Roberts
So rack your brains, gather your teams

The official meaning of the clue.

It's hidden in a park. X marks the spot on your map.

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Clue 3
Published Date
Tuesday, August 2, 2016, 7:00 PM

Before the weekend's lack of clues
A few reminders we should make
The clues take a hiatus now
'Til day after praying in pews

Won't need to dig to find this treat
Seek not in water or eye high
It is hidden not underground
Do look under your tired feet

Away did one hider rid self of prize in a hurry
From Bob's Crazy Chemistry at shelter of a nation
To graves in a Grove, disputed birthplace of a county
A stone's throw away or 22 steps in a scurry

The official meaning of the clue.

Draw half of the X marking where the treasure is hidden—from Shawnee Park shelter to historic Cottage Grove Cemetery. The medallion is on the ground, 22 steps off the path.

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Clue 4

How has your week been, spent in parks?
Welcome back to reality
Tread not on private property
You can play hoops, go for skylark

Not yet found? Good grief Charlie Brown
Just use this clue with the last one
Follow directions uncommon
No need to look all over town

'Tween new park with historic cow
And ekalal kept garden free
You'll find your treasure ly'n' with bugs
Find it, yes, but wonder we how

The official meaning of the clue.

Clues nos. 3 and 4 go together. Draw the other half of the X marking where the treasure is hidden—from La Lake Park ("ekalal" backwards) to the historic Miller Barn at the proposed Valley Creek Park. Also, it's at a park with a basketball court.

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Clue 5

A girl and her dad took a break on lunch hour
For a walk in a park, quartz medal to hide
Went to place of no trees but grasses knee high
Follow a path of golden-yellow flower

The official meaning of the clue.

The medallion is hidden in high grasses among yellow flowers.

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Clue 6

Required watching is "Leave It To Beaver"
Gather round to watch family TV classic
Recalling Beav's famous line to his neighbor
Helps find our gold and you'll please Mrs. Cleaver

The official meaning of the clue.

The Beav's best-known line, of course, was: "Hey Mr. Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiillllllllson!" "Wilson" is also the title of a soon-to-release movie partially filmed at Ridge Park in Woodbury.

Our Thoughts

Ouch. They got the TV show wrong. The line attributed to the Beav was in fact Dennis the Menace's line.

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Clue 7

Celebrity soccer: news of the year
Winning Woodbury's nonviolent version
Of The Games would make Haymitch oh so proud
Hiding place but no goal scoring is near

The official meaning of the clue.

Woody Harrelson, who played Haymitch in "Hunger Games," came to Woodbury and played soccer with local kids on a break from filming. The medallion is not at the soccer field, though.

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Clue 8

Thanks to Snowbate, saw him Cheers live
Received a fine welcome from crowds
Of locals gathered at Inclave
In park near where Woody did drive

The official meaning of the clue.

The local filming of "Wilson" brought Woody Harrelson to the Inclave neighborhood twice last year. Actors and the film crew staged at Ridge Park, as filming occurred in a home in the area and as Harrelson drove down a local street.

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Clue 9

If you are best
You will head south
Step to the west
In foliage rest

The medallion! Ridge Park destination
Take Radio Drive to Dakota Street
Park your bicycle by the tennis courts
Pick up the rock, start your celebration

The official meaning of the clue.

Go to the parking lot side of Ridge Park at the end of Dakota Street. From a place in Ridge Park, head south and then west, into the weeds.

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Clue 10

With a child to step with you
How far from playground by trail?
One hundred seventy two
Start—no joke—at the dog poo

The official meaning of the clue.

Your starting point is the doggie-bag station. Take 172 steps down the trail.

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